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NAACP president, key black leaders back Murphy Supreme Court pick

June 5, 2020 7:56 pm

A group of Black leaders, including New Jersey NAACP New Jersey State Conference president Richard T. Smith, have endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Fabiana Pierre-Louis as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. If confirmed by the...

Murphy names Tiki Barber to state council

December 21, 2018 2:23 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has appointed former New York Giant running back Tiki Barber to the New Jersey Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Barber helped raise money for U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s 2018 re-election campaign. Murphy also named New Jersey...

Progressive activists look for seats on redistricting commission

December 17, 2018 3:18 pmJanuary 4, 2019 10:26 am

Now that Senate and Assembly leaders have backed off their plans for a constitutional amendment to change the way legislative districts are drawn, Gov. Phil Murphy will need to decide if he wants to give grassroots progressive organizations seats at...